Under The Skin - the tattoo podcast

A podcast about tattooing — and the people who shape it. We talk with artists, apprentices, and the clients who bring ideas to life. From techniques and tools to trust and collaboration, this is where stories, craft, and connection meet. Whether you're behind the needle or in the chair, there's space for you here.Some things go deeper — that’s where we go, under the skin.#tattoopodcast #tattooculture #tattoocommunity #tattooinspiration #tattoolife

Under The Skin - the tattoo podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 23 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Under The Skin - the tattoo podcast, a arts show with 23 episodes published.

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  No Apprentices in 2026 — A Talk with Jason Sweet

  Feb 18, 20261h 19mS0

  <p>This episode starts with a post on Instagram: </p><p>“No Apprentices in 2026.”</p><p><br></p><p>Jason Sweet — tattooer of 23 years and owner of Freaks and Geeks Tattoo in Portland, Oregon, joins me for a raw conversation about mentorship, shop culture, social media, pricing, ego, and what’s really shifting inside tattooing.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about apprenticeships and gatekeeping, private studios, pop-up shops, loyalty, undercutting, and the post-pandemic reality of running a studio. We question what younger tattooers are looking for, what older tattooers might be missing, and whether community in tattooing can still ex...

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  The $5,000 Lie: Marketing Gurus vs. Real Tattooing with Jeff Zalesak

  Feb 11, 20261h 26mS0

  <p>This episode is about promises.</p><p>The kind that say you can be fully booked in 90 days.<br>That you can skip the apprenticeship.<br>That you can build a six-figure tattoo career if you just “optimize your content.”</p><p>I’m joined by Jeff Zalesak — tattooer of 20 years and owner of Camp Hill Collective in Pennsylvania — and we go deep into the rise of marketing gurus in tattooing.</p><p>We talk about the $5,000 sales calls and the predatory tactics behind them. About cold-messaging clients and why that quietly destroys respect. About online tattoo education versus real appre...

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  Tattoo Culture Is Fake — with Yiwu Duan

  Jan 30, 20261h 14mS0

  <p>Tattoo Culture Is Fake — with Yiwu Duan</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Under The Skin, I sit down with Yiwu Duan — a tattooer who still tattoos, but no longer identifies with the tattoo industry as it exists today.</p><p>We talk about why tattoo culture feels fake, ego-driven, and transactional — and what that does to artists who actually care. Yiwu opens up about burnout, shop ownership as a prison, the instability of tattooing, and the emotional cost of creating with “no skin” in an industry that often rewards noise over responsibility.</p><p>This conversati...

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  Tattooing Follows the Art — Drawing, Flow & Composition with Ron Smith

  Jan 21, 202655 minS0

  <p>This week’s episode is out in video format, and I’m joined by Ron Smith — tattooer from Vancouver, Canada, known online as @crybabyron.</p><p>We start with the reality of the last couple years: tattooing feels oversaturated, especially in big cities like Berlin, London, Paris, LA, and Vancouver. But Ron makes a point that matters: it’s not oversaturated with good tattooers — because quality still stands out when the fundamentals are there.</p><p>From there we go deep into the stuff that actually makes a tattoo work long-term: drawing, composition, and flow with the body. Ron’s been tatto...

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  A Conversation About Tattooing with Doug Hardy

  Jan 14, 20261h 43mS0

  <p>For this episode, I’m joined by Doug Hardy — a tattooer who quite literally grew up inside tattoo shops, surrounded by tattoo history, but who took the long road to finding his own voice in the craft.</p><p>We talk about what it really means to grow up around tattooing, learning through apprenticeship, making mistakes, and understanding the responsibility that comes with putting permanent work on people’s bodies.</p><p>From there, the conversation opens up into:</p>​Apprenticeship, patience, and learning the craft the hard way​Being Ed Hardy’s son — and becoming your own person​Tattooing before...

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